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The MI-1-mediated pest resistance requires Hsp90 and Sgt1.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2007
Bhattarai Kishor K, Li Qi, Liu Yule, Dinesh-Kumar Savithramma P, Kaloshian Isgouhi
Abstract excerpt
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Mi-1 gene encodes a protein with putative coiled-coil nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeat motifs. Mi-1 confers resistance to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), potato aphids (Macrosiphum euphorbiae), and sweet potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). To identify genes required in the Mi-1-mediated resistance to nematodes and aphids, we used tobacco rattle virus...
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